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turbine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turb?, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?(?)ba?n/, /?t?(?)b?n/
Noun
turbine (plural turbines)
- Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
Derived terms
Related terms
- turbid
- turbojet, turbo-jet
- turbomachinery
Translations
Further reading
- turbine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- turbine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- turbine at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Tribune, tribune, tuberin
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /turbi?n?/, [?t?u???b?i?n?]
Noun
turbine c (singular definite turbinen, plural indefinite turbiner)
- turbine
Declension
References
- “turbine” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?r?bin?/
Noun
turbine f (plural turbines, diminutive turbinetje n)
- turbine
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: turbin
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin turb?, turbinem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty?.bin/
Noun
turbine f (plural turbines)
- turbine
Derived terms
- turbine à gaz
- turbiner
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
turbine
- inflection of turbiner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “turbine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- butiner, tribune
Italian
Etymology 1
Noun
turbine
- plural of turbina
Etymology 2
From Latin turbo, turbinem.
Noun
turbine m (plural turbini)
- whirlwind
- Synonyms: vortice, mulinello
- gust (of wind, snow, dust, etc.)
Anagrams
- brunite, tribune
Latin
Noun
turbine
- ablative singular of turb?
Spanish
Verb
turbine
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of turbinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of turbinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of turbinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of turbinar.
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turbid
English
Etymology
From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??(?)b?d/
Adjective
turbid (comparative more turbid, superlative most turbid)
- (of a liquid) Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]:
- He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.
- Synonyms: confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, droff, roiled
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]:
- Smoky or misty.
- Synonyms: fumid, hazy; see also Thesaurus:nebulous
- Unclear; confused; obscure.
- Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible, Thesaurus:vague
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- turbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- turbid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- turbid at OneLook Dictionary Search
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